804. Overcoming Limits: Nick Santonastasso's Journey to Resilience and Confidence

How do you take your power back when everyone around you is telling you no? As a petite, half-Filipino model coming up in the early 2010’s, the chips were stacked against her. Both the industry AND her agents kept telling her to run away from the unique, eye-popping look that has since become her trademark, and instead, try to look as taller, skinnier, and whiter. So what did Rocky do? She took her power back. Using her Instagram as a platform, she listened to her gut and focused on a look that felt authentic, and she has since become one of Instagram's most recognizable faces in fashion and modeling. Trusting her gut and listening to her inner-knowing has been the entire basis of her success! Now she's created her own fashion line (that I'm OBSESSED WITH By The Way), and she's embraced marriage and motherhood with wisdom and maturity (get ready for some marriage advice). I LOVED chatting with my new friend @Rocky_Barnes, and I was taken aback by how much wisdom she sent our way! Make SURE to your friend who LIVES on IG 😝 - and watch and subscribe my show Better Together EVERY weekday (link in my LinkTree!). RESOURCES: Rocky's Line: https://thebrightsidebyrockybarnes.com/ Instagram: @Rocky_Barnes --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

21 Des 20201h 2min

Do you feel like you're stuck chasing an impossible dream? Dana-Maxx Pomerantz (who created @TheBeHappyProject) gets it. After a successful, but unstainable career as a NY Fashion Designer, she had to say goodbye to that career and pivot to her Plan B. Dana-Maxx is beautifully honest: it was heartbreaking and very hard. But saying goodbye to that dream led her to discover new ones, and her Plan B has led to her a happiness she didn't even know was possible. Dana-Maxx's newfound happiness is contagious: she's built a community of over 450k followers through @TheBeHappyProject, an initiative dedicated to encouragement, empowerment, and achievable ways to find more joy and contentment in our day to day. In today's convo, we discuss these daily strategies and how you can start collecting your own moments of joy and dramatically alter your life. In the comments below, share something you're GRATEFUL for, and make sure you're subscribed to Better Together With Maria for breakthroughs on our show EVERY day! #HealSquad #BetterTogether RESOURCES: Instagram: @TheBeHappyProject --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

17 Des 20201h 19min

No matter how hard this year has been, even if you're DREADING the Holidays, you are NOT alone. These words of comfort have never been more important, and the beautifully eloquent @MaryAnnTheMedium brought us a whole hour of comforting words, conversation, energy, and techniques to heal our broken souls. MaryAnn DiMarco teaches us how to tune into our inner knowing, reinstate faith in our lives, and even reach those guides and deceased loved ones to put their hands on our backs and remind us: "I've got you." Give me a (🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️) if you NEEDED this as much as I did. And PLEASE tag someone who you know could use some comfort right now. I guarantee they'll find it with MaryAnn ❤️. If you haven't already, make sure you're subscribed on YouTube where I have conversations like this almost EVERY day.  RESOUCES: www.nicoledimarco.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

16 Des 20201h 32min

Every day I'm learning that my friend @glennondoyle was right... we CAN do hard things!! These past few weeks have been challenging to say the least, but I can and I am getting through and I'm also growing and learning everyday because of it. We can do hard things! This is something our incredible guests on today's @ BetterTogetherWithMaria, @TomBilyeu & @LisaBilyeu would definitely agree with. The two of them are co-founders of @Quest Nutrition, and since exiting the company, they're combining their passion for media with their burning desire to create empowering content; enter: @ImpactTheory.Like my show, Impact Theory lives in what they call the "mindset space," or the ever-growing state of content dedicated to changing what goes on INSIDE our minds, so we can manifest the life we want OUTSIDE of our minds. In this show, Tom talks about the physics of our belief systems, and how to shift our perceptions to unlock our best lives, and the idea that pain comes from a lack of growth. Lisa talks about the "purgatory of the mundane" and how we can escape it. I KNOW you will leave with TONS of "a-ha" moments, and I'd love for you to share your favorite in the comments below. And of course, make sure you're sharing the show with your mom, your friend, your sister, your brother, your dad, your dog - let's keep growing our @bettertogetherwithmaria #HealSquad RESOURCES: Impact Theory: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnYMOamNKLGVlJgRUbamveA --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

15 Des 20201h 13min

Are you struggling right now? Do you have FRIENDS who are struggling right now? It's 2020. The answer is almost surely YES. Listen, it has been anything but easy watching two parents get Covid, but they're back from the hospital, and it looks like they're home from the hospital and we're doing everything we can to get them better. Prayers still needed. Today we discussed how to show for people when they're struggling. How can we be a good friend in crisis and ACTUALLY help those who are hurting when we don't know the right thing to do or say? Today the team and I have that conversation, and share helpful tips if you truly want to be there for your friends in need in WHATEVER crisis they're facing, joined by @undergaro. We offer you practical ways that we can help those who need it, and given how hard this year has been, I'm sure you know people who do! These are some of my ideas, but I want to hear from YOU! Comment below how you show up for your loved ones in crisis, because we're all one big #HealSquad, we learn from each other, and of course, we're better together. TAG someone who could use some encouragement in the comments below, and make sure you subscribe to @BetterTogetherWithMaria for more conversations like this one. Click the link in bio and join the #healsquad!! RESOURCES: Aveno Eczema Therapy: https://www.aveeno.com/products/eczema-therapy-moisturizing-cream Rachel Hollis Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFbfN_HV1b0 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

14 Des 20201h

Good News, because we ALL need good news. FROM MARIA: Mom is coming HOME today! As I reflect, we can't help but feel a profound sense of gratitude. I'm grateful for all your prayers, which helped carry my mom and our family through. I'm grateful for all the doctors and nurses - it’s been a team effort. I'm grateful to have great care lined up for my mom with @24hourhomecare, they have been working very diligently to provide care for Covid+ and at risk patients at home. As soon as I can stabilize everyone, we will have episodes devoted to tips and tricks on how you can care for your loves ones in a cost efficient manner, how to handle insurance and Medicare, an expert that has helped top level athletes heal from Covid. I’ve learned a lot on this journey and gotten a lot of helped that I’ll be passing onto to you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

9 Des 202034min

Feeling out of control in 2020?   You're not ALONE. This year has tested all of us physically, emotionally, and spiritually, but Reiki master and friend of the show Patti Penn is here to help us through it.' Patti has been coaching Maria through one of her toughest seasons, so you know she's the cream of the crop.   How do we find self-discipline? What about the steps between breathing, singing, and screaming to find our peace? Patti answers all of these questions AND MORE today!   Patti Website: www.pauseinjoy.com   Vicki Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-together-with-maria-menounos/id1320060107 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

8 Des 20201h 14min

After two weeks off air, we're returning to update you on EVERYTHING that has been going on w/ Maria and her family. Thank you to our Heal Squad family for all your support, we love you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

7 Des 202032min